Special Marine Warning in County, Virginia
Issued by the National Weather Service and archived by Claims Pages
EXPIRED
9/1/2026 11:52:00 PM (UTC)
Urgency: Immediate
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Likely
9/1/2026 11:52:00 PM until 9/2/2026 12:45:00 AM
SMWAKQ
The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a
* Special Marine Warning for...
Waters from Chincoteague VA to Parramore Island VA from 20 to 60
NM...
Waters from Fenwick Island DE to Chintoteague VA from 20 to 60
NM...
* Until 1245 AM EDT.
* At 1151 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms capable of producing
waterspouts were located along a line extending from near Chicken
Bone to 42 nm east of Delaware Lightship Buoy 44009, moving
southeast at 35 knots.
HAZARD...Waterspouts and wind gusts 34 knots or greater.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Waterspouts can easily overturn boats and create locally
hazardous seas. Small craft could be damaged in briefly
higher winds and suddenly higher waves.
* Locations impacted include...
Jackspot Reef and Chicken Bone.